Despite commission reports and journal articles advocating mastery learning and effective instruction, grassroots influence is conspicuously missing from the current reform movement. Creative teachers continue to leave the profession, and top students refuse to enter it. Teachers remain essentially powerless, while open education enthusiasts await…

The South African government has effectively prohibited all meaningful activities by 17 anti-apartheid organizations, including the South African National Students Congress, the largest and most vocal Black-student organization. Student demonstrations against the ban are reported. (MLW)

Differentiates the various semantic levels and dimensions of the concept of equal opportunity and examines whether the demand for equal opportunity in education will help eliminate inequality. (Author/BSR)

The norm of relevance is central to teachers' professional identities, and therefore, decisions about the form of inservice education for teachers (INSET) are crucial for professional autonomy. Relevance is affected by notions of practicality, age, gender, seniority, and area of specialization. Teachers' views of relevent INSET are examined and…

The authors examined forces influencing British Columbian home economics curriculum change between 1912 and 1985. They state that educational philosophy trends had the greatest impact, followed by political-legal decisions. The authors suggest that home economics professionals develop appropriate political skills to increase their influence over…

After surveying recent constitutional trends and developments in charter jurisprudence and education, this paper examines the implications for Canadian schooling and education of an activist Supreme Court and discusses some of the advantages and disadvantages of national policy making and judicial intervention in the educational arena. (Author/JAZ)

Argues that austere educational expenditures can and should play a positive educational role with positive social and internationally political implications. Contends that this is possible only under certain conditions involving youth attitudes, political awareness, and technological developments with orientation toward better international…

The author states that home economists concerned with the quality of family life must address certain political-moral questions: What kind of society ought we seek? What kind of family life ought we promote and support? What human qualities and skills ought we to foster through the curriculum? (CT)

While the bicentennial of the Constitution is beginning to have public impact, it has made little impression on research in the fields of history, law, and political science. Books about the Constitution are listed and a calendar of conferences on the U.S. Constitution is provided. (MLW)

Lessons learned in the National Teacher Corps and Masters of Arts in Teaching efforts have been forgotten by the Holmes Group, it is asserted. To promise major changes in school structures and teaching practices through university reforms, state certification policies, and professional development schools ignores how schools have persisted over…

Discusses the political environment surrounding British adult continuing education. Includes (1) a sketch of current educational politics; (2) a discussion of the relationship among university, government, and society; (3) information on industrializing universities; (4) discussion on development of continuing education; and (5) the shift from…

Provides a simulation of the United States Constitutional Convention. The simulation involves students in re-creating the conflicts between the colonies, seeking compromise, and comparing the outcome of the simulation with the actual Constitution. (JDH)

Surveys the effect of legislation mandating health instruction within schools and the value of this legislation during a period of fiscal crisis using information from Massachusetts school systems. Attempts to discover the extent to which schools offered health programs, effect of the 1974 law on health education programs, and value of this law…

The current education reform movement reveals a retreat from democracy towards a commitment to technological advancement. The dangers inherent in this trend, where schools are turned into industrial and cultural instruments rather than developers of new political visions, are discussed. (DF)

Art educators must become politically involved. If they persist in their splendid isolation, each attempting to protect his or her own turf, all art educators may find themselves turfless. (RM)